cebra

Asturian

Noun

cebra f (plural cebres)

1. zebra

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese zevra (“onager”), of uncertain origin. Likely from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”). See also cebro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθeβɾɐ]

Noun

cebra f (plural cebras)

1. zebra

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin zephyrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθeβɾɐ]

Noun

cebra f (plural cebras)

1. rainstorm

   Synonym: temporal

Derived terms

• cebrina

References

• “zeura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “zebr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cebra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cebra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cebra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

cebra f (plural cebras)

1. zebras

References

• Pallabreiru Llïonés

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛb.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛbra
• Syllabification: ceb‧ra

Noun

cebra m

1. genitive singular of ceber

Spanish

Alternative forms

• zebra (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ezebra, of uncertain origin. Likely from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”), possibly through another Romance language first. Compare Portuguese zebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθebɾa/ [ˈθe.β̞ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsebɾa/ [ˈse.β̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ebɾa
• Syllabification: ce‧bra

Noun

cebra f (plural cebras)

1. zebra (african animal)

Derived terms

• paso cebra
• paso de cebra

 

Further reading

• “cebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014